Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred pauses during a news conference in Arlington, Texas, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021. Owners locked out players at 12:01 a.m. Thursday following the expiration of the sport's five-year collective bargaining agreement. (AP Photo/LM Otero) Major League Baseball Sued by Minor League Teams Over Antitrust Exemption
The lawsuit possibly set the stage for the U.S. Supreme Court to reconsider a 1922 decision holding that baseball leagues were not subject to the Sherman Act.
December 21, 2021 at 06:01 PM
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The original version of this story was published on New York Law Journal
A group of minor-league baseball teams represented by Weil, Gotshal & Manges has sued Major League Baseball in a direct challenge to the league's long-recognized exemption from antitrust scrutiny.
The lawsuit, filed Monday morning in Manhattan federal court, targeted MLB over a controversial takeover of the league's farm system, which eliminated the major league affiliations of 40 Minor League Baseball, or MiLB, teams. All 30 MLB teams, including the Atlanta Braves, were named as non-defendant co-conspirators in the lawsuit.
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